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Allen Bestwick, 2001 NASCAR Winston Cup champion Dale Jarrett, and championship-winning crew chief Andy Petree calling a NASCAR race for TON Sports at Richmond Raceway, 2016
I just thought of something. It has to do with Wikiboxes, because I absolutely love them…
More specifically, I was thinking about the ones for the Senate races. I’m sure some of you know what I’m talking about - on the Wikipedia articles for Senate elections, there’s a Wikibox that contains the pertinent info regarding that election cycle (number of seats for each party before and after the election, Majority and Minority Leaders before and after the election, net gain in seats), as well as a map with the states color-coded according to who won and whether a seat changed party control (basically, it’s like this: light red = Republicans held seat, dark red = Republicans flipped seat, light blue = Democrats held seat, dark blue = Democrats flipped seat, medium gray = Independents held seat, dark gray = Independents flipped seat, light gray = there was no election in that state that year). In addition, if a state held an election for both seats that year (i.e. a special election alongside the regular one), then a small rectangle appears within that state, again with the appropriate color scheme.
Anyway, I wonder if any of you are up to the challenge of creating a series of Wikiboxes for all the Senate election cycles from 1962 to 2020, based on the info given in the main KFP timeline regarding who won each race in each state. I’d love to see them!
More specifically, I was thinking about the ones for the Senate races. I’m sure some of you know what I’m talking about - on the Wikipedia articles for Senate elections, there’s a Wikibox that contains the pertinent info regarding that election cycle (number of seats for each party before and after the election, Majority and Minority Leaders before and after the election, net gain in seats), as well as a map with the states color-coded according to who won and whether a seat changed party control (basically, it’s like this: light red = Republicans held seat, dark red = Republicans flipped seat, light blue = Democrats held seat, dark blue = Democrats flipped seat, medium gray = Independents held seat, dark gray = Independents flipped seat, light gray = there was no election in that state that year). In addition, if a state held an election for both seats that year (i.e. a special election alongside the regular one), then a small rectangle appears within that state, again with the appropriate color scheme.
Anyway, I wonder if any of you are up to the challenge of creating a series of Wikiboxes for all the Senate election cycles from 1962 to 2020, based on the info given in the main KFP timeline regarding who won each race in each state. I’d love to see them!
I didn't realize this was something that had already been used. Should I delete this?
- Ashton Kutcher behind the scenes of David Jacobson's Manson and Jones, where he portrayed Charles Manson, the failed musician who was behind a failed assassination attempt on the Beatles in the 1960s.
- Bobby Cannavale wearing the facial prosthetics for his role in Manson and Jones, where he portrayed former civil rights activist turned leader of the People's Temple Cult, James Warren Jones.
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A little contribution for this great timeline
A theatrical poster for Roman Polanski’s Chinatown, a classic 1974 neo-noir film directed by Polanski and written by Robert Towne set in Los Angeles circa 1937 about a private detective named Jake Gittes (Jack Nicholson) who accepts an offer from Evelyn Mulawray (Jane Fonda)[1] to investigate her husband Hollis for suspected cheating. However, when Hollis is found dead, Jake eventually begins to uncover who and what killed him, discovering a conspiracy behind the scenes to control LA’s water supply and drain it to drive off farmers from their land so that new suburban homes in the city could be built which is led by the treacherous businessman Noah Cross (John Huston). In one of the most famous plot twists in movie history, Evelyn Mulawray is revealed to have a daughter who was born out of incest and that her father was none other than Noah Cross responsible for said incest. Luckily for Jake, Evelyn kills her father, Noah by gunshot, ensuring the water supply scheme is foiled for good and her daughter is safe from harm[2].
Upon release, Chinatown was praised by critics for Towne’s screenplay, the performances from Nicholson and Huston, Polanski’s direction and the score. The film was also a commercial success and inspired Towne to collaborate with Polanski on two sequels: 1979’s The Two Jakes (about Jake Gittes discovering an oil corruption scheme) and 1981’s Gittes vs. Gittes (about Jake Gittes dealing with divorce at the end of his life) with both films taking place decades after Chinatown (1949 and 1961 respectively)[3]. Along with it’s sequels, Chinatown is part of the “Gittes Trilogy'' centering around the life of Jake Gittes and his decades-spanning career as a private detective in Los Angeles[4].
John Carpenter in a People Magazine interview for the 1981 cop film Undercover L.A. starring Kurt Russell[5].
The theatrical poster for the 1983 crime drama Scarface, a remake of the 1932 film of the same name starring Al Pacino as Tony Montana with the protagonist’s ethnicity changed from Italian to Cuban, including his surname going from Carmote to Montana and the setting taking place in communist era Cuba circa 1962[6]. When the film was released, Scarface was controversial for it’s violence and profanity with the government of Cuba and many Cuban-Americans boycotted the film for it’s portrayal of Cuban migrants coming to America and fleeing Fidel Castro’s Cuba with one such protest occurring at a theatre in Miami showing the film even with De Palma and Universal releasing a disclaimer stating it was not intended to paint a negative portrayal of Cubans[7]. However, Scarface was re-evaluated by critics and audiences years after it’s release as one of the greatest gangster flicks of all time and maintains a large following to this day.
Conversely, many in Cuba dislike the film for it’s portrayal of Cuban migrants and it’s officially banned in the country.
[1] Jane was one of the choices for Evelyn Mulawray Cross IOTL but was passed in favor of Faye Dunaway.
[2] In the original draft of Chinatown by Robert Towne, Evelyn actually succeeded in saving her daughter and foiling the water supply scheme of her incestuous evil father Noah but director Roman Polanski changed this into the complete opposite due to the murder of his wife Sharon Tate by the Manson Family in 1969. ITTL, the Manson Family never murdered Tate because they went after the Beatles only to claim the life of their manager Brian Epstein and some of them went to Brazil with Jim Jones’ Peoples’ Temple where they, along with their leader Charles Manson would get themselves unceremoniously killed in a raid by the British intelligence service MI6 in 1970. Moreover, the First Ark Wave already brought attention to the widespread sexual pestering and abuse within society, which affects Polanski a lot because the survival of his wife and a #MeToo-esque event happening resulted in him keeping Towne’s original bittersweet conclusion. It also means that the line “Forget it Jake, it’s Chinatown!” doesn’t exist here due to the different ending and thus the film’s title comes from Jake Gittes’ previous albeit more successful ITTL case instead.
[3] Another major aspect of Tate’s survival and the First Ark Wave is that Polanski didn’t abuse Samantha Geiley in 1977, as the backlash against sexual abuse and pestering coupled with the influence of his wife ensured that he would not do such a thing whatsoever. Therefore, Polanski actually gets to direct The Two Jakes and Gittes vs. Gittes due to the success of Chinatown and the presence of Robert Towne.
[4] In time, the “Gittes Trilogy” will be seen as a classic neo-noir film series by many, with Chinatown considered the best of the three while the others are seen as good even if they don’t come close to the first though the third is considered a fitting conclusion to the story of Jake Gittes.
[5] One of the biggest pop cultural butterflies in TTL’s 1980s, besides James Cameron not making The Terminator is Escape from New York not existing either because Watergate didn’t happen with Richard Nixon never becoming President. Thus, Carpenter didn’t get the idea of making the film. As such, Undercover L.A. is his other 1981 film apart from Halloween 2.
[6] Since Cuba was an American ally after the Cuban War, the movie focuses on Cuban refugees in Florida who remained there, including Tony himself.
[7] The Cuban backlash against Scarface is even worse ITTL due to Cuba’s closer relations with the United States which caused Cuban-Americans to stage a national boycott of the film.
A theatrical poster for Roman Polanski’s Chinatown, a classic 1974 neo-noir film directed by Polanski and written by Robert Towne set in Los Angeles circa 1937 about a private detective named Jake Gittes (Jack Nicholson) who accepts an offer from Evelyn Mulawray (Jane Fonda)[1] to investigate her husband Hollis for suspected cheating. However, when Hollis is found dead, Jake eventually begins to uncover who and what killed him, discovering a conspiracy behind the scenes to control LA’s water supply and drain it to drive off farmers from their land so that new suburban homes in the city could be built which is led by the treacherous businessman Noah Cross (John Huston). In one of the most famous plot twists in movie history, Evelyn Mulawray is revealed to have a daughter who was born out of incest and that her father was none other than Noah Cross responsible for said incest. Luckily for Jake, Evelyn kills her father, Noah by gunshot, ensuring the water supply scheme is foiled for good and her daughter is safe from harm[2].
Upon release, Chinatown was praised by critics for Towne’s screenplay, the performances from Nicholson and Huston, Polanski’s direction and the score. The film was also a commercial success and inspired Towne to collaborate with Polanski on two sequels: 1979’s The Two Jakes (about Jake Gittes discovering an oil corruption scheme) and 1981’s Gittes vs. Gittes (about Jake Gittes dealing with divorce at the end of his life) with both films taking place decades after Chinatown (1949 and 1961 respectively)[3]. Along with it’s sequels, Chinatown is part of the “Gittes Trilogy'' centering around the life of Jake Gittes and his decades-spanning career as a private detective in Los Angeles[4].
John Carpenter in a People Magazine interview for the 1981 cop film Undercover L.A. starring Kurt Russell[5].
The theatrical poster for the 1983 crime drama Scarface, a remake of the 1932 film of the same name starring Al Pacino as Tony Montana with the protagonist’s ethnicity changed from Italian to Cuban, including his surname going from Carmote to Montana and the setting taking place in communist era Cuba circa 1962[6]. When the film was released, Scarface was controversial for it’s violence and profanity with the government of Cuba and many Cuban-Americans boycotted the film for it’s portrayal of Cuban migrants coming to America and fleeing Fidel Castro’s Cuba with one such protest occurring at a theatre in Miami showing the film even with De Palma and Universal releasing a disclaimer stating it was not intended to paint a negative portrayal of Cubans[7]. However, Scarface was re-evaluated by critics and audiences years after it’s release as one of the greatest gangster flicks of all time and maintains a large following to this day.
Conversely, many in Cuba dislike the film for it’s portrayal of Cuban migrants and it’s officially banned in the country.
[1] Jane was one of the choices for Evelyn Mulawray Cross IOTL but was passed in favor of Faye Dunaway.
[2] In the original draft of Chinatown by Robert Towne, Evelyn actually succeeded in saving her daughter and foiling the water supply scheme of her incestuous evil father Noah but director Roman Polanski changed this into the complete opposite due to the murder of his wife Sharon Tate by the Manson Family in 1969. ITTL, the Manson Family never murdered Tate because they went after the Beatles only to claim the life of their manager Brian Epstein and some of them went to Brazil with Jim Jones’ Peoples’ Temple where they, along with their leader Charles Manson would get themselves unceremoniously killed in a raid by the British intelligence service MI6 in 1970. Moreover, the First Ark Wave already brought attention to the widespread sexual pestering and abuse within society, which affects Polanski a lot because the survival of his wife and a #MeToo-esque event happening resulted in him keeping Towne’s original bittersweet conclusion. It also means that the line “Forget it Jake, it’s Chinatown!” doesn’t exist here due to the different ending and thus the film’s title comes from Jake Gittes’ previous albeit more successful ITTL case instead.
[3] Another major aspect of Tate’s survival and the First Ark Wave is that Polanski didn’t abuse Samantha Geiley in 1977, as the backlash against sexual abuse and pestering coupled with the influence of his wife ensured that he would not do such a thing whatsoever. Therefore, Polanski actually gets to direct The Two Jakes and Gittes vs. Gittes due to the success of Chinatown and the presence of Robert Towne.
[4] In time, the “Gittes Trilogy” will be seen as a classic neo-noir film series by many, with Chinatown considered the best of the three while the others are seen as good even if they don’t come close to the first though the third is considered a fitting conclusion to the story of Jake Gittes.
[5] One of the biggest pop cultural butterflies in TTL’s 1980s, besides James Cameron not making The Terminator is Escape from New York not existing either because Watergate didn’t happen with Richard Nixon never becoming President. Thus, Carpenter didn’t get the idea of making the film. As such, Undercover L.A. is his other 1981 film apart from Halloween 2.
[6] Since Cuba was an American ally after the Cuban War, the movie focuses on Cuban refugees in Florida who remained there, including Tony himself.
[7] The Cuban backlash against Scarface is even worse ITTL due to Cuba’s closer relations with the United States which caused Cuban-Americans to stage a national boycott of the film.
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- Actor Justin Trudeau appearing in the 2012-2013 revival of the Twilight Zone. The episode, a Profile In Silver, was the fifth episode of the second season. In it, Trudeau portrayed a time traveler name Nicholas McCleary, a descendant of President Lee Iacocca who posed as a college professor to document the assassination, only to impulsively prevent in.
Kind of meant to be a humorous add-on to this post because I randomly remembered that Justin Trudeau and his brother became actors ITTL.
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- President Kelsey Grammer (R-CA), seen during the early days of his acting career, portraying Reverend Lester Mondale during a brief flashback scene in the 1983 TV movie, Mondale. While the film received good reviews and did decently in the ratings, it was largely forgotten about, overshadowed by Kelsey Grammer's work on Cheers which started the next year. That said, after Kelsey Grammer won the presidency in 2012, this scene in particular became found new life on the technet.
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Premotional still from the Frasier 20th aniversery special. A follow up to the wildly popular 10 year reunion, the 2024 special sought to reunite the surviving cast and celebrate those who have passed, most notibly John Mahoney. In contrast to the previous special where presidental responcibilities resulted in a limited scene presence for Kelsey Grammer, the plot instead focused heavily on Friaser, who is visiting his son while on a trip around his old Boston stomping grounds. While on lighter on laughs then a usual episode, the episode was well recieved. And while there have been calls for a series revival, Grammer himself has gone on record as saying he would prefer to let the series rest as it is (outside the occasional reunion special)
- A picture of comedian and actor John Belushi portraying President Harland Sanders (R-KY), used at the start of a sketch revolving around the Chicken Dinner Summits in Jerusalem. The sketch in question showed the Colonel physically attacking some world leaders and making mafia like threats to the people involved. While controversial in its day due to the Colonel's reputation on the world stage, the sketch today is seen as largely harmless.
- Former President Harland Sanders smiling for a picture alongside basketball icon turn businessman George Tinsley in 1976. Tinsley, who fittingly spent much of his basketball career with the Kentucky Colonels, owned several franchises in the state. Since 2003, Tinsley has been a member of the board of directors for KFC.